Coos County News

Democrat John Lynch told a small business audience Wednesday he has acted responsibly in his four years as governor to keep taxes low and provide opportunities for growth.

Residents in the North Country in New Hampshire want a wind project put on hold.

Representatives for the company looking to build 33 wind turbines on ridgelines in the unincorporated areas of Dixville and Millsfield fielded some tough questions from the more than 120 people who attended a ...

New Hampshire gubernatorial candidates Gov. John Lynch and state Sen. Joe Kenney didn't agreeing on much during a debate Wednesday in their race for the executive seat in November.

Becky Newton doesn't know whether the testimony from the state police sergeant in charge of the accident reconstruction team that investigated her son's death last year would have made a difference in last ...

New Hampshire's Teacher of the Year is from Coos County. Deborah Fogg is the seventh-grade language arts teacher at the Lancaster School.

Two motorcyclists from Nashua were injured when they hit a moose Saturday evening on Route 2 west in Shelburne, near the Maine state line.

The state police sergeant escorting an oversized load bound for Berlin had been on the road for several hours and had nodded off behind the wheel just before his cruiser struck two bicyclists Thursday morning, ...

A company hoping to build a windfarm in far northern New Hampshire has asked the state for permission to erect 33 wind turbines.

Forested ridgelines in Coos County could soon sprout a new source of electricity for the state and the region: 33 wind turbines generating enough power for 33,000 homes.

The shuttered paper mill in the center of town was sold yesterday to a Connecticut-based auction and appraisal firm, but just what is planned for the building and property is not known.

August 28th, 2008 The New Hampshire Association of REALTORS Market Trend report was recently published and this month it includes a survey that we encourage you to take.

New data released by the U.S. Census Bureau shows New Hampshire has the lowest percentage of residents and children living in poverty in the nation.

The man whose bomb threats prompted a massive police response in April 2007 was sentenced Friday to serve up to 7 years in the New Hampshire state prison.

A Berlin man was sentenced this week to serve two to four years in the New Hampshire state prison, after pleading guilty to a charge of indecent exposure, which involved a child.

New Hampshire suffered more than $20 million in damage from last week's floods and July's tornado, the governor said today.

The state will lay out a $1 million grant to help the Gorham Paper Mill buy a biomass boiler that will allow the last paper mill in Coos County to slice its use of oil and - officials hope - turn operating ...

Flood watches and warnings are posted from Seabrook to Coos County. Storms are likely to continue through the afternoon.

Cathy McDowell, executive director of The Family Resource Center, stands on a bridge spanning the Androscoggin River that powered the the Fraser Paper mill for many generations.

PINKHAM NOTCH, New Hampshire -- The 20th Annual Wildman Biathlon, one of the toughest multi-sport events in New England, is scheduled for Saturday, August 9th beginning at 8:00 a.m., rain or shine.